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Top Favorite Films of 1986

Movie list created by Agent Kermit D. Fonz

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887

7.1

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Directed by John Musker and David Michener

Featuring voices of Barry Ingham, Vincent Price, Val Bettin, Candy Candido, Susanne Pollatschek, Diana Chesney, Eve Breener, Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Mellisa Manchester, and Frank Welker

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

395

5.7

5.6

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Directed by Tobe Hopper

Starring Dennis Hopper, Bill Moseley, Caroline Wiliams, John Siedlow, Bill Johnson, Ken Evert, Lou Perryman, Kinky Freidman, Chris Dourdias, Barry Kinyon, John Martin Ivey, and Dan Jenkins

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

725

6.4

6.6

Short Circuit

Directed by John Badham

Starring Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, Brian McNamara, Marvin J. McIntyre, Penny Stanton, Barbara Tarbuck, and voice of Tim Blaney

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

1155

7.3

7.7

The Name of the Rose (1986)

Directed by Jean Jacques Annaud

Starring Sean Connery, Christian Slater, William Hickley, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman. Elya Baskin, Valentina Vargas, Michael Lonsdale, Volker Prechtel, Helmut Qualtinger, Michael Habeck, Fedor Chaliapin Jr., and featuring voice of Dwight Weist

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

3075

6.3

6.9

Top Gun (1986)

Directed by Tony Scott

Starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerrit, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubbs, Tim Robbins, Rick Rossovich, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Frank Pesce, James Tolkan, and Whip Hubley

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

3136

7.6

7.8

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Directed by John Hughes

Starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Lyman Ward, Cindy Puckett, Edie McClure, Charlie Sheen, Richard Edson, Kristy Swanson, Virgina Capers, Ben Stein, Del Close, Lisa Bellard, Max Perlich, Katie Barberi, and Louie Anderson

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

159

5.9

6.1

Heartburn (1986)

Directed by Mike Nichols

Starring Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, Tony Shalhoub, Maureen Stapleton, Milos Forman, Stockard Channing, Richard Masur, Steven Hill, Catherine O'Hara, Karen Ackers, Mamie Gummer, John Wood, Anne Marie Morsford, Jack Gilpin, Ron McLarty, Mercedes Ruehle, Kenneth Walsh, Joanna Gleason, Christian Clemenson, Yakov Schmiroff, Caroline Aaron, Dana Ivey, Sidney Armus, Susan Forristall, and Natasha Lyonne

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

1914

7.2

7.3

Labyrinth (1986)

Directed by Jim Henson

Starring Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Christopher Malcom, Malcolm Dixon, Shelly Thompson, Sheri Weiser, Brian Henson, David Goelz, Kevin Clash, Frank Oz, Karen Prell, Kenny Baker, Warwick Davis, Danny John Jules, Jack Purvis, Natalie Finland, Louise Gold, and featuring voices of Brian Henson, Ron Mueck, Timothy Bateson, Steve Whitmire, Kevin Clash, David Healy, Robert Beatty, Denise Bryer, and Michael Hordern

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

4.9

4.6

Deadtime Stories (1986)

Directed by Jeffrey Delman

Starring Melissa Leo, Cathryn de Prume, Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Kathy Fleig, Phyliss Craig, Michael Mesmer, Anne Redfern, Lesley Sank, Brian DePersia, Timothy Rule, Kevin Hannon, Lisa Cain, Rondell Sheridan, Fran Lapote, Bob Trimboli, Harvey Pierce, Beth Felty, Patrick McCord, and Jeffrey Delman

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)

5.6

5.5

Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) (1986)

Directed by Dale Schott

Featuring voices of Debbie Allen, Stephen Bishop, Carol Parks, Hadley Kay, Chris Wiggins, Alyson Court, Jim Henshaw, Luba Goy, Bob Dermer, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Maxine Miller, Pam Hyatt, Billie Mae Richard, Don Hennessey, Eve Almos, Melleny Brown, Janet Laine Green, and Marla Lukofsky

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

140

6.5

6.7

F/X (1986)

Directed by Robert Mandel

Starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Jerry Orbach, Diane Verona, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams, Jerry Orbach, Tom Noonan, Roscoe Orman, Martha Gehman, Joe Grifasi, Christopher Curry and Angela Bassett

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

284

6.1

House (1985)

Directed by Steve Miner

Starring William Katt, Richsrd Moll, George Wendt, Kay Lenz, Michael Ensign, Mary Stavin, Susan French, Mindy Sterling, Alan Autry, Steven Williams, Erik Silver, Mark Silver, Billy Beck, Dweir Brown, Steve Susskin, Stephen Nichols, and Ronn Carroll

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

2246

7.3

7.6

The Fly (1986)

Directed by David Cronenberg

Starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo, David Cronenberg, Michael Copeman, Carole Lazare, and Shawn Hewitt

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

3464

7.9

8.4

Aliens (1986)

Directed by James Cameron

Starring Sigourney Weaver, Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller, Daniel Kash, Cynthia Dale Scott, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Paul Maxwell, Valerie Colgan, and Carl Toop

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

2378

7.8

7.7

Blue Velvet (1986)

Directed by David Lynch

Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, George Dickerson, Jack Nance, Brad Dourif, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, and Jack Harvey

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

438

6.7

6.9

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Directed by Randal Kleiser

Starring Joey Cramer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Howard Hesseman, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young, Albie Whitaker, Matt Adler, Robert Liberty, and featuring voices of Paul Ruebens and Tim Blaney

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

1174

6.9

An American Tail (1986)

Directed by Don Bluth

Featuring voices of Phillip Glasser, Erica Yohn, Amy Green, Christopher Plummer, Nehemiah Persoff, John Finnegan, Pat Musick, Will Ryan, Hal Smith, Cathianne Blore, Neil Ross, Madeline Kahn, and Dom DeLuise

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

118

5.2

4.6

Troll (1986)

Directed by John Carl Buechler

Starring Noah Hathaway, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Phil Fondacaro, Jenny Beck, Robert Hathaway, Dale Wyatt, Brad Hall, John Carl Buechler, Albert Band, Charles Band, Gary Sandy, Sonny Bono, and Anne Lockhart

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

202

5.9

6.2

April Fool's Day (1986)

Directed by Fred Walton

Starring Ken Olandt, Deborah Foreman, Pat Barlow, Lloyd Berry, Deborah Goodrich, Tom Heaton, Mike Nomad, Jay Baker, Griffin O'Neal, Leah Pinsent, Clayton Rohner, Amy Steel, and Thomas F. Wilson

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

294

6.9

6.6

From Beyond

Directed by Stuart Gordon

Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Compton, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel, Bunny Summers, Carolyn Purdy Gordon, Bunny Summers, Del Russell, Dale Wyatt, and Albert Band

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

1258

6.9

7.2

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Directed by John Carpenter

Starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Jeff Imada, Al Leong, Brian Imada, Kate Burton, Donald Li, Jerry Hardin, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong, James Pax, Suzee Pai and Chao Li Chi

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

613

7.2

The Hitcher (1986)

Directed by Robert Harmon

Starring C. Thomss Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rutger Hauer, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush, Armin Shimerman, Jack Thibeau, Gene Davis, and Henry Darrow

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

712

7.3

7.2

Manhunter (1986)

Directed by Michael Mann

Starring William Petersen, Tom Noonan, Kim Greist, Dennis Farina, Brian Cox, Stephen Lang, Joan Allan, David Seaman, Benjamin Hendrickson, Frankie Faison, Michele Shay, Dan Butler, Paul Perri, Gabrielle Beauvais, Patricia Charbonneau, Chris Elliott, Bill Smitrovich, Peter Maloney, Annie McEnroe, and Marshall Bell

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

1420

6.9

7.1

Highlander (1986)

Directed by Russell Mulcahy

Starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Hugh Quarshie, Beatie Edney, Billy Hartman, Shelia Gish, Jon Polito, Christopher Malcolm, Peter Diamond, Celia Imrie, James McKenna, and James Cosmos

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

658

7.2

7.4

The Mission (1986)

Directed by Roland Joffe

Starring Robert DeNiro, Aidan Quinn, Jeremy Irons, Cherie Lungihi, Ray McAnally, Liam Neeson, Roland Pickup, Chuck Low, Daniel Berrigan, Asuncion Ontivrros, and Monirak Sisowath

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

330

6.8

6.7

Night of the Creeps

Directed by Fred Dekker

Starring Jason Lively, Tom Atkins, Steve Marshall, David Paymer, Jill Whitlow, Ivan E. Roth, Wally Taylor, Bruce Solomon, Ken Heron, Vic Polizos, Alan Kayser, Alicd Cadogan, June Harris, Suzanne Snyder, Elizabeth Cox, Dick Miller, Lori Lively, Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger, Greg Nicataro, and Shane Black

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

2638

7.7

8.1

Platoon (1986)

Directed by Oliver Stone

Starring Charlie Sheen, Williem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, John C. McGinley, Keith David, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dilion, Johnny Depp, Reggie Johnson, Mark Moses, Corey Glover, Tony Todd, Dale Dye, Paul Sanchez, and Richard Edson

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

740

7.2

7.3

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Directed by Leonard Nimoy

Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks, James Doohan, Robin Curtis, Walter Koenig, Kirk R. Thatcher, George Takei, John Schuck, Brock Peters, Grace Lee Whitney, Nichelle Nichols, Jane Wyatt, Mark Lenard, Robert Ellenstein, DeForest Kelley, Michael Berryman, Vijay Amritraj, Jane Wiedlin, Joe Lando and Majel Barrett

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

475

5.6

6.1

Critters (1986)

Directed by Stephen Herek

Starring Don Keith Opper, Dee Wallace, Scott Grimes, Billy Zane, Nadine Van der Velde, Art Frankel, Ethan Phillips, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Terrence Mann, Lin Shaye, and voice of Corey Burton

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

214

6.7

6.9

Something Wild (1986)

Directed by Jonathan Demme

Starring Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Tracey Walter, Charles Napier, Robert Ridgley, John Sayles, John Waters, Jack Gilpin, Margaret Colin, Anna Levine, and "Sister" Carol East

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

790

6.5

Three Amigos

Directed by John Landis

Starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Patrice Martinez, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Kai Wulff, Jon Lovitz, Joe Mantanga, Brian Thompson, and voice of Randy Newman

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

849

6.7

Sid & Nancy (1986)

Directed by Alan Cox

Starring Gary Oldman, Chole Webb, Xander Berkley, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Perry Benson, Tony London, Sy Richardson, Slash, Dick Rude, Courtney Love, Biff Yeager, Miguel Sandoval, John M. Jackson, Iggy Pop, and Del Zamora

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

272

7.1

7.5

Hoosiers (1986) (1987)

Directed by David Anspaugh

Starring Dennis Hopper, Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons, Chelcie Ross, Robert Shaw, Wil DeWitt, Michael O'Guinne, John Robert Thompson, Mike Dalzell, Ralph H. Shively, and Brad Boyle

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

154

6.6

5.9

The Wraith (1986)

Directed by Mike Marvin

Starring Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, Nick Cassavettes, Clint Howard, Sherliyn Fenn, Matthew Barry, Jamie Bozian, David Sherill, Elizabeth Cox, Steven Eckholdt, Christopher Bradley, and Brooke Burke Charvet

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

261

6.2

6.7

Back to School (1986)

Directed by Alan Metter

Starring Rodney Daingerfield, Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr. Sally Kellerman, Danny Elfman, Burt Young, Sam Kinison, Paxton Whitehead, Terry Farrell, M. Emmett Walsh, Steve Bartek, Adrienne Barbeau, Ned Beatty, William Zabka, Severn Darden, Robert Picardo, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Edie McClure, Jason Hervey, and Timothy Stack

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

7.3

6.9

Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)...

Directed by Gene Saks

Starring Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, Stacey Glick, Lisa Waltz, Judith Ivey, Bob Dishy, Brian Drillinger, James Handy, Steven Hill, David Margulies, Jason Alexander, Fyvush Finkel, and Richard Bright

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

295

6.5

6.6

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Directed by Peter Weir

Starring Harrison Ford, Andre Gregory, Helen Mirren, River Phenoix, Martha Plimpton, Conrad Roberts, Dick O'Neill, Jadrien Steele, Jason Alexander, Hilary Gordon, Rebecca Gordon, Michael Rogers, William Newman, Melanie Boland, Butterfly McQueen, and Abel Woolrich

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

5.7

5.5

Absolute Beginners (1986)

Directed by Julien Temple

Starring James Fox, Patsy Kinset, David Bowie, Ray Davies, Eddie O'Connell, Mandy Rice Davies, Eve Ferret, Tony Hippolyte, Sade, Anita Morris, Bruce Payne, Paul Rhys, Robbie Coltrane, Lionel Blair, Steven Berkoff and Sandie Shaw

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

687

4.8

4.7

Howard the Duck

Directed by Willard Huyck

Starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Tim Rose, Jordan Prentice, Thomas Dolby, Holly Robinson Peete, Liz Sagal, Paul Guilfoyle, Dominique Davalos, Richard Edson, Debbie Lee Carrington, Miguel Sandoval, David Paymer, and voices of Chip Zinn, Mel Blanc, and Richard Kiley

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

6.2

Tough Guys

Directed by Jeff Kanew

Starring Kurt Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Eli Wallach, Dana Carvey, Charles Durning, Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Darlanne Flugel, Alexis Smith, Billy Barty, Nathan Davis, Matthew Faison, Ernie Sabella, Jake Steinfeld, Ellen Albertini Dow, Cliff Martinex, and Hillel Slovak

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

209

6.9

Lucas (1986)

Directed by David Seltzer

Starring Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Piven, Annie Ryan, Courtney Thorne Smith, Sean Hayes, Gary Cole, Lucy Butler, Tom Hodges, and Garrett M. Brown

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

1073

6.7

Pretty in Pink (1986)

Directed by Howard Deutch

Starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Jim Haynie, Alexa Kenin, Kate Vernon, Andrew Dice Clay, Emily Longstrech, Margaret Colin, Gina Gershon, Maggie Roswell, Dweezil Zappa, and Kristy Swanson

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

5.5

5.7

Witchboard (1986)

Directed by Kevin Tenney

Starring Tawny Kitean, Stephen Nichols, Burke Barnes, Ryan Carroll, Gloria Hayes, J.P. Luebsen, Rose Marie, Todd Allen, Susan Nickerson, James W. Quinn, Kenny Rhodes, and Katherine Wilhoite

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

102

6.3

Gung Ho (1986)

Directed by Ron Howard

Starring Michael Keaton, Gedde Wanatabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, So Yamamura, Sab Shimino, Rick Overton, Clint Howard, Michelle Johnson, Rance Howard, Martin Ferrero, Jean Speegle Howard, Joseph Pilato, and Kim Chan

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

1281

5.6

6.1

The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

Directed by John G. Avilsen

Starring Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove, Pat E. Johnson, Bruce Malmuth, Yuji Okumoto, Joey Miyashima, Danny Kamekona, George O'Hanlon Jr., Tamlya Tomita, Nobu McCarthy, B.D. Wong, Clarence Gilyard Jr., William Zabka, and Chad McQueen

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

6.1

6.5

Running Scared (1986)

Direrected by Peter Hyman

Starring Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines, Joe Pantoliano, Steven Bauer, Dan Hedaya, Darlanne Flugel, Jon Gries, Tracy Reed, Jimmy Smits, Don Calfa, Robert Lesser, and Meg Register

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

5.6

5.8

Trick or Treat (1986)

Directed by Charles Martin Smith

Starring Marc Price, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osborne, Glen Morgan, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant, Elaine Joyce, Elise Richards, Alice Nunn, Larry Sprinkle, Tony Fields and Charles Martin Smith

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

132

5.8

6.5

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

Directed by Nick Castle

Starring Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Fred Savage, Bonnie Bedelia, Colleen Dewhurst, Fred Gwynne, Mindy Cohn, Janet MacLachlan, Terry David Mulligan, Cameron Bancroft, Louise Fletcher, Nick Castle, Tommy Lee Wallace, John Carpenter, and Jason Priestley

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

224

6.7

6.9

Ruthless People (1986)

Directed by Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, and Jim Abraham

Starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Bill Pullman, Helen Slater, Art Evans, Anita Morris, Judge Reinhold, William G. Schilling, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman, Gary Riley, and Phyllis Applegate

Agent Kermit D. Fonz's rating:

470

5.7

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Directed by Tom McLoughlin

Starring C.J. Graham, Thom Matthews, Tony Goldwyn, Ron Palillo, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagan, Renne Jones, Kerry Noonan, Darcy DeMoss, Matthew Faison, Tom Fridley, Ann Ryerson, and Alan Blumenfeld